USA Today, meanwhile, reported that Rodriguez won't accept any deal and that his current position is that he would appeal any suspension. The report also said Rodriguez has been consulting with his legal team.

According to USA Today, Rodriguez likely would receive a 100-game suspension if baseball acts. An MLB team executive, speaking to CBS News on condition of anonymity, speculated that Rodriguez could be facing a lifetime ban.

Earlier this month the New York Daily News reported that Rodriguez and his representatives were talking about possibly accepting a 150-game suspension from MLB, in part for his connection to Biogenesis, a defunct South Florida anti-aging clinic that allegedly sold banned substances to Rodriguez, Milwaukee Brewers slugger Ryan Braun and about 20 other major league players.

MLB on Monday suspended Braun for the remainder of the Brewers’ season, which had 65 games remaining. Braun reportedly negotiated a 50-game ban as a first offender under baseball’s drug policy and a 15-game suspension for his actions in 2011 and 2012 when he appealed a previous 50-game drug suspension. Arbitrator Shyam Das overturned the 2011 suspension, citing problems with how Braun’s urine sample was handled.

Rodriguez has not played for the Yankees this season as he recovers from offseason hip surgery. His return was delayed Sunday after he was diagnosed with a Grade 1 strain of his quadriceps. Two people close to Rodriguez told USA Today that A-Rod is furious with the diagnosis and wants a second opinion.